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Under the jolly Roger being an account of the further nautical adventures of Jacky Faber

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A pirate at heart, unlikely heroine Jacky Faber returns to the sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humor, wit, and courage. After Leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston - under dire circumstances, of course - Jacky boards a whaling ship bound for London, where she...

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Main Author: Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942-
Other Authors: Kellgren, Katherine
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Language:English
Published: [Roseland, N.J.] : Listen & Live Audio, Inc., 2008.
Series:A Bloody Jack adventure ; bk. 3
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Orphans > Young adult fiction.
Sex role > Young adult fiction.
Friendship > Young adult fiction.
Seafaring life > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:A pirate at heart, unlikely heroine Jacky Faber returns to the sea in a truly swashbuckling tale filled with good humor, wit, and courage. After Leaving the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston - under dire circumstances, of course - Jacky boards a whaling ship bound for London, where she hopes to find her beloved Jaimy. But things don't go as planned and soon she is off on a wild misadventure at sea.
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Duration: 14:44:55.
Playing Time:14:44:55
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ISBN:9781593164010
1593164017
Author Notes:L. A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1942. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Florida in Gainesville and soon after, enlisted in the U.S. Navy for a four year-stint. He worked as a social worker and then published two picture books, The Gypsy Bears and The Clean Air and Peaceful Contentment Dirigible Airline, before receiving his M.F.A. in painting from Boston University in 1973.

He taught high school art in Massachusetts for seven years and then left to open art and design shops. His first novel for young readers, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, was published in 2002. It became the first book in the Bloody Jack Adventure series. He died from Hodgkin's lymphoma on July 29, 2014 at the age of 71.

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